One 1970 Mercury Cougar, Vin 0F9111545940 v. Tunica County
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. This appeal follows Willie Hampton’s arrest and Tunica County’s efforts to acquire portions of Hampton’s property through forfeiture. Tunica County filed the forfeiture action at issue nine days after Hampton was arrested. Nearly five years later, the Tunica County Circuit Court awarded Tunica County the property it sought. Aggrieved, Hampton appeals pro se and raises numerous issues. For brevity’s sake, we reduce those issues to the following one:
I. WAS THE FORFEITURE PROCEEDING INSTITUTED WITHIN THE PROPER TIME AS SPECIFIED BY MISSISSIPPI CODE ANNOTATED §…
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